What is the best way to write a file number on my negatives?

[Lenny Eiger]

I would say don't do it. You haven't asked whether the mounting fluid (presumably used by the scanning guys) will dissolve the ink and make a mess.

I would say, put the 4x5's in a print file sleeve and make all the marks you want on the top... Ask the scanning guys to put the film back int he same place they found it. They should comply....

(as long as they are not retroanticompliant)

Lenny

[AtlantaTerry]

I would say don't do it. You haven't asked whether the mounting fluid (presumably used by the scanning guys) will dissolve the ink and make a mess.

I would say, put the 4x5's in a print file sleeve and make all the marks you want on the top... Ask the scanning guys to put the film back int he same place they found it. They should comply....

(as long as they are not retroanticompliant)

Lenny

Thanks Lenny for the information. To date the fellow who scans my negatives is not equipped for wet scanning on his Epson V700 so it has not been a concern. However, now that you tell me, I will only mark my 4-up archival storage pages.

The only thing he does "wrong" is put my negatives back in the pages emulsion side up, not down. Why he puts them in wrong reading I don't understand but it is easy for me to fix.

[AtlantaTerry]

Update: the PITT pens at Michael's Crafts were in individual packages, not two per package.

But, they did have packages with various sizes of PITT pens (S + M + L + XL) etc.